VIIRS/JPSS1 Water Reservoir Monthly L3 Global V002

Description

The NOAA-20 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Water Reservoir Monthly Level 3 (L3) Global (VJ128C3) Version 2 product provides current data for 151 man-made reservoirs and 13 regulated natural lakes for a total of 164 reservoirs. The VJ128C3 data product is a composite of the 8-day area classifications from VJ128C2 which is converted to provide monthly elevation and water storage. The Lake Temperature and Evaporation Model (LTEM) with input from VIIRS Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (VJ121A2) and meteorological data from Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) are used to produce monthly evaporation rates and volume losses. The VJ128C3 data product provides a monthly time series that consists of a single layer with information about the reservoir identifier, dam location (longitude and latitude), reservoir surface area, elevation, water storage capacity, evaporation rate, and evaporation volume.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 The technical information in the User's Guide enables users to interpret and use the data products. https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/1767/VNP28_UserGuide_V3.pdf
20 Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=C2696224576-LPCLOUD
33 The ATBD provides physical theory and mathematical procedures for the calculations used to produce the data products. https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/1905/VNP28_ATBD_v1.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FVIIRS%2FVJ128C3.002
21 The LP DAAC website provides detailed information on discovery, distribution, access, and support of land data products. https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/
21 Further details regarding VIIRS product validation and maturity status are available from VIIRS Land Product Quality Assessment site. https://viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov/Val_overview.html
21 The LP DAAC product page provides information on Science Data Set layers and links for user guides, ATBDs, data access, tools, customer support, etc. https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VJ128C3.002
21 Validation at stage 1 has been achieved for the VIIRS Global Water Reservoir product suite. https://viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov/Val/GWR_Val.html
21 The LDOPE Land Product Quality Assessment website provides known issues, maneuvers, and product quality of the land products. https://landweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/QS/new/index.cgi

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  • surface-water
  • terrestrial-hydrosphere
  • earth-science

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